EcoNews Report
A weekly environmental news roundup produced in Arcata, California by Tom Wheeler (Environmental Protection Information Center), Caroline Griffith (Northcoast Environmental Center), Alicia Hamann (Friends of the Eel River), Jen Kalt (Humboldt Waterkeeper) and Colin Fiske (Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities).
Podcasting since 2019 • 281 episodes
EcoNews Report
Latest Episodes
Electrifying Your Home is Cheaper Than You Think It Is, and You Can Find Out About It All at Tuesday’s Electrification Fair
Been thinking about that induction stove? Or maybe a nice new heat pump? Of course you have! It’s the 21st century.On Tuesday, 350 Humboldt and a bunch of allied organizations are hosting an ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 245
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27:46
The Next Big Step Toward Eel River Dam Removal
PG&E recently tendered its License Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan for the Potter Valley Project to the Federal Energy...
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Season 2025
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Episode 244
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28:47
A Geological Perspective on Last Week’s Quake
We rarely post reruns, but this show from last December is quite relevant in light of the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last Tuesday. The subsequent tsunami watch along the West Coast soon became ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 243
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27:30
A New 353-Acre Reserve on Baduwa’t
Siskiyou Land Conservancy just finalized a new acquisition of 170 acres on Baduwa’t, joining a 183 acre property that the Conservancy acquired earlier in the year, to create a 353 acre reserve. Baduwa’t i...
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Season 2025
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Episode 242
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28:54
Batteries and Achieving 100 Percent Renewable Energy
To reach 100% renewable energy, we will need to store large amounts of energy generated from “intermittent” sources — things like solar or wind that only produce power sometimes. Large-scale industrial battery storage is one way to store this e...
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Season 2025
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Episode 241
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29:03